Pollution Law

July 8, 1986

TORONTO — Ontario will boast Canada's toughest punishment for polluting the environment if the provincial legislature approves changes to three laws proposed last week by Environment Minister Jim Bradley. The new penalties are maximums: It will still be up to the ministry and the courts to decide whether people or companies who pollute the environment will be hit with the full force of the law. The punishment: Higher fines, jail terms, taking ''ill- gotten gains.''